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12-06-2016 03:05 PM

xjasminex

Im sad to say that i had to put my goldfish down. Due to his probable kidney failure he continued to become edematous and was stating to develop blisters and was not swimming. He still wanted to eat but he must have been miserable.

09-24-2016 11:07 PM

BettaBettas

I think I enjoyed the tank better when the water was full oh well, anyway nice tank though, really loving the whole plants around it thing as well!

WHAT? When did you get a 90g goldfish tank? and why have I note seen a journal for it?!
As for eating plants did you give the goldies another veggie source like cucumber in the tank or veggie heavy meals like soilent green from repashy?

I probably did not feed them enough veggies. I never made a journal for it. Some days it looked cool, but most of the time its "meh". I tried to kind of go for an indoor pond. I don't know if we're going to keep it. Its looking a bit sad today. I either need to get my butt in gear and really put some effort into it, or sell it. My wife wanted the white background to keep things bright as this is in our kitchen, but I think black would look much better.

I have to say though, it looked pretty darn cool when it was 1/3 full. I might have to get rid of the goldies and do a paludarium with it.

PS: Suction cups suck. I only had enough wire to make hangers for 3 of my baskets.

09-16-2016 12:25 AM

xjasminex

So my old guy started with symptoms of dropsy on sept 7th. Treatment is water changes every two days with dosing of metroplex and epsom salt with every water change. Orally dosing oxytetracyline daily. He hasnt really gotten any worse or better. Although he is acting normally and is still eating good. No other symptoms noted except the pineconing.

09-08-2016 07:59 PM

xjasminex

Yea, those plants are all over!! He is just lately been actually swimming through them. I think the light has a lot to do with them being so awesome at growing. Plus i have an autodoser that doses a small dose of excel throughout the day. Plus i have the dirt substrate. I dont think ill have a dirt substrate in the 100g when ever i get to set that up. As you can see i have a lot of dirt and wood pieces that sifted up either by natural ways, due to current, snails or because of my boy. Im thinking i might do like a planter sorta thing.

Ok Ok ok!! The quality sucks! Silly cellphone pics. These were taken a few weeks ago. My guy is doing ok. His tail wants to be red and fray and has shortened so im trying to keep up on water changes but its frustrating when i have soooo many plants in and growing out of the tank!!!! LOL.

WOW! Love how dense your plants are above and below water!! Sorry your boy is having tail issues, he still looks quite handsome.

08-29-2016 04:05 AM

xjasminex

Ok Ok ok!! The quality sucks! Silly cellphone pics. These were taken a few weeks ago. My guy is doing ok. His tail wants to be red and fray and has shortened so im trying to keep up on water changes but its frustrating when i have soooo many plants in and growing out of the tank!!!! LOL.

Added a few new plants to the rip portion. My purple waffle is flowering! Plus I added spike grass from aqua aurora! And I also added Alocosia polly too.

Yay love the lil' purple waffle blooms, mine spits 'em out like crazy.
Hows the sweet flag (flat grass) i sent you? and your boy? and the tank in general?
You still owe me an update photo btw!!! *poke poke*

Well, I tried to follow your lead in a 90G. My goldfish ate EVERYTHING I put in the tank, including some very tough Anubias!

WHAT? When did you get a 90g goldfish tank? and why have I note seen a journal for it?!
As for eating plants did you give the goldies another veggie source like cucumber in the tank or veggie heavy meals like soilent green from repashy?

He his doing well and the tank wont stop growing. He barely has room to swim!!
I have some algae issues, due to sunlight and my planted plus 24/7. I bought light raisers to raise it up 3.5 inches.
He also keeps digging up the sand in the middle of the tank and exposing clay and dirt....I think the circulation pump doesnt help either.
I have many rip plants that are out of control too. I just added purple waffle. I can go a whole week without changing the water. My fish tells me when its time to be changed, he gets moopy. However my nitrates always read 5-10ppms. Something that i have NEVER been able to accomplish before. =]

Nice with the nitrates! Hoping to do that with my tank. Purple waffle is a great hardy riparium plant, I've had mine for a few years and its decently big (not tall but bulky and wide-actually so heavy it falls over-I have to use a some ss mesh to prop it up because I don't want to cut it) and it will have lovely little white blooms for you in time. If you trim it just replant it and wait, it will wilt a little but bounce back in 1-2 weeks.
Do you pull plants out form in the tank to give more room or just trim off some leaves here and there?

04-19-2016 03:25 AM

xjasminex

He his doing well and the tank wont stop growing. He barely has room to swim!!
I have some algae issues, due to sunlight and my planted plus 24/7. I bought light raisers to raise it up 3.5 inches.
He also keeps digging up the sand in the middle of the tank and exposing clay and dirt....I think the circulation pump doesnt help either.
I have many rip plants that are out of control too. I just added purple waffle. I can go a whole week without changing the water. My fish tells me when its time to be changed, he gets moopy. However my nitrates always read 5-10ppms. Something that i have NEVER been able to accomplish before. =]

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